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THE LEVANT COMPANY
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seen from the answers received.9 Both Com-
panies were asked as to the extent of their
trade and their shipping, the amount they
paid in customs, the area over which their
trade extended and the commodities they
dealt in. The Venetian Company were also
asked to specify the exactions laid upon them
in Venice.
In the meantime, when it became known
that the merchants of both Companies were
asking for renewed privileges to only a limited
number of persons10 petitions11 were sent
9 Answer of the Turkey Company, S. P. D, Eliz.
vol. 233, No. 13. Answer of the Venetian Company,
S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 233, No. 14. Both are dated July
16, 1690. Cf. above, p. 18 for particulars as to the
Turkey Company. The Venice Company set forth
that they employ yearly ten or twelve ships for Venice,
Corfu, Zant, Cephalonia and Candia, their biggest bur-
den being 350 tons, their smallest 160 tons, and they
carry 550 men. They also give the impositions which
the Venetians demand of them. For these impositions,
see note (3) on p. 26 above.
10 Forty-one names are mentioned in document C
(S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 231, No. 55), and thirty names in
document B (S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 151, No. 34).
11 Cf. S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 239, No. 41 (dated June 18,
1591), No. 42, No. 43, No. 80. In No. 43 the calendarer
has in square brackets after the words “ company in-
tended for Levant Seas ” the sollowing, “ or Tripoli
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seen from the answers received.9 Both Com-
panies were asked as to the extent of their
trade and their shipping, the amount they
paid in customs, the area over which their
trade extended and the commodities they
dealt in. The Venetian Company were also
asked to specify the exactions laid upon them
in Venice.
In the meantime, when it became known
that the merchants of both Companies were
asking for renewed privileges to only a limited
number of persons10 petitions11 were sent
9 Answer of the Turkey Company, S. P. D, Eliz.
vol. 233, No. 13. Answer of the Venetian Company,
S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 233, No. 14. Both are dated July
16, 1690. Cf. above, p. 18 for particulars as to the
Turkey Company. The Venice Company set forth
that they employ yearly ten or twelve ships for Venice,
Corfu, Zant, Cephalonia and Candia, their biggest bur-
den being 350 tons, their smallest 160 tons, and they
carry 550 men. They also give the impositions which
the Venetians demand of them. For these impositions,
see note (3) on p. 26 above.
10 Forty-one names are mentioned in document C
(S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 231, No. 55), and thirty names in
document B (S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 151, No. 34).
11 Cf. S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 239, No. 41 (dated June 18,
1591), No. 42, No. 43, No. 80. In No. 43 the calendarer
has in square brackets after the words “ company in-
tended for Levant Seas ” the sollowing, “ or Tripoli